diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbus/default.nix
index 262c93878d3f..855ee930b772 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbus/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
-{ lib, fetchurl, buildPythonPackage, python, pkgconfig, dbus, dbus-glib, isPyPy
+{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, python, pkgconfig, dbus, dbus-glib, isPyPy
 , ncurses, pygobject3 }:
 
-if isPyPy then throw "dbus-python not supported for interpreter ${python.executable}" else buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "dbus-python";
-  version = "1.2.4";
+  version = "1.2.12";
   format = "other";
 
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "doc" ];
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus-python/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1k7rnaqrk7mdkg0k6n2jn3d1mxsl7s3i07g5a8va5yvl3y3xdwg2";
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0q7jmldv0bxxqnbj63cd7i81vs6y85xys4r0n63z4n2y9wndxm6d";
   };
 
   patches = [
     ./fix-includedir.patch
   ];
 
+  disabled = isPyPy;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ dbus dbus-glib ]
     # My guess why it's sometimes trying to -lncurses.